A summarized description of the temples of village Gods of Tamil Nadu and those deities who rule the minds of the simple people living there by P.R.Ramachander

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Velipettai angalamman temple , Dharmapuri

Velipettai angalamman temple , Dharmapuri

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

The temple of
Angalamman is situated in Dharmapuri
town of Tamil Nadu.Though the main deity of the temple is angalamman
who sits below the umbella held by the serpent holding a small drum
, rope , sword and skull with fire as her crow. Before
entering her temple is Nandi and
on her left side in Nagar(*serpent). On her right side is Durga
in a separate sub temple.In
front of her is her primeval form which
was being worshipped in early times. Outside the
sanctum is Ganesa , Madhurai veeran , Bommiyamman and vellayamman. Pavazha mali tree and white Arali tree are the temple trees .On full moon(POurnami)
,on new moon(Amavasya) , Fridays
and Tuesdays special worship is done to Angalamman
.Chithra pournami , Adi pathinetteu ,
Navarathri and Maha Sivarathri are celebrated
at the temple. The main festival is
around the Maha Shivarathri day.
After the flag is hoisted for the
festival , for one week , the the goddess
goes in a procession around the village around 7 Pm. On the last day of
those 7 days , the marriage of the
mother is celebrated..On that day the Goddess goes out in a glass chariot at
night.That day newly harvested from several fields on the way are offered to her. Two days later early morning at 1 Am , five dolls of
different colours made of Maida is taken to the cremation ground and they
are smashed there,This is called Pancha
Mukha Vettu festival.It is believed that
the Goddess protects the villagers because of this. On that day at 10Am
, the goddess travelling on a Bootha(ghost) goes to the cremation ground. Three days later a festival called Pillai
Pavu is celebrated. It is believed
that ladies without children would get
children by participating in this festival.

The
temple is about 1 km from the Dharmapuri
town Bus stand.It is daily open from 6 Am to 12 noon and later
between 4.30 Pm to 8 Pm,